Children with sensorial and cognitive disabilities have been largely ignored under the ‘universal’ design philosophy. This is clearly an oversight on the part of the design community as autism, present designers with the opportunity to take on new environmental design challenges. As research demonstrates, children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (AS . . .

The goal of this practicum is to design a public market that's forms foster and promote exchange in the public realm of a community that is lacking many amenities and resources. The practicum explores spatial configurations of numerous markets in Turkey, Syria and Montreal in order to identify and generate new and effective means of establishing li . . .

It is about cities that are dreamed. Cities that do not yet exist, Cities that come from one's imagination. Descriptions of cities that make the reader question the city. Question what the city may look like. Question how the city may work. Descriptions of cities that make the reader want to make up their own city. Dream their own city. Want to ima . . .

Prompted by a question that has irritated me for a long time - "where is Winnipeg?" - I began to think about Winnipeg's profile. As the capital of a province and the biggest city in central Canada, Winnipeg deserves a higher profile. Winnipeg people are impressive in that they are very proud of their hometown. Basic resources are here, like the Roy . . .

This project examines the spatial relationships that exist between Winnipeg, Canada and Tokyo, Japan, with the intent to develop an understanding of the preciseness of the world. Different site-specific systemic conditions were used as critical tools to explore the implication of distinct design catalysts and inhibitors. I have concentrated on the . . .

This practicum paper looks at the work of contemporary artists: Char Davies, Jen Southern, Wolfgang Laib, Pierre Huyghe and Max Neuhaus. From examining the artists ideas on perception many links and ideas are drawn out. From this examination the author plays with the idea of perception and the training of the senses. Sound becomes an important elem . . .